Detection of Drugs in Bloodstains. II: Morphine

Picogram quantities of the opiate alkaloid, morphine, were detected in a 50-μ1 samples of dried bloodstain by using radioimmunoassay. The age of the stain versus detectability of morphine, the separation of endogenous interfering substances, and morphine extractibility by various agents were investigated.

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Mortimer, CE Research assistant professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa